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TIL The City of Sanibel Island was founded by 3 former CIA spies.

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p80Ob TIL the Australian Kangaroo 1 tonne gold is the largest bullion coin in the world made of 99.99% gold and weighing 1 tonne or 35,274 ounces, 80cm wide and more than 12cm deep. At today’s (May 26, 2020) gold price ($1,710.42USD) this coin is worth $‭60,343,937 USD.
7rwxX TIL in the UK it's musician union rules that for every actor or model playing an instrument in a music video, the production still has to pay an actual musician. In the iconic "Addicted to Love" video not only they paid the 5 'fembot' models but also 5 musicians behind camera miming the models.
vGD7 TIL There have been zero spider bite-related fatalities in Australia since 1979.
yVA7M TIL that while commonly associated with the WW2 Normandy landings, "D-Day" is just a general military term for the date of a planned attack; the equivalent in French being "Jour J", "Lá L" in Irish and "Tag X" in German.
KYZxw TIL that Flo from Progressive is worth $6 million, and earns $1 million per year 🫡